Wordless Choruses and Codas

David Bowie : The Man Who Sold The World
Desmond Dekker : Fu Manchu
Devendra Banhart & Jana Hunter : A Bright-Ass Light
Elton John : Curtains
Grant Lee Buffalo : Fuzzy
Jeff Buckley : Jolly Street
The Libertines : The Boy Looked At Johnny
Milton Nascimento : Dos Cruces
My Morning Jacket : Wordless Chorus duh
Radiohead : Pyramid Song (live)
Talking Heads : The Book I Read
TV on the Radio : Mister Grieves

The Brave and the Bold

One of my stranger acquisitions this past year, The Brave and the Bold, is a covers album featuring Will Oldham on vox with Tortoise backing. It was actually the latter that piqued my interest as well as the inclusion of a Milton Nascimento original. The point of the project was not necessarily to celebrate their obscure influences, but to also honor some FM radio staples, too, as you'll see below.

Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy > Cravo e canela
Milton Nascimento > Cravo e canela

Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy > Daniel
Elton John > Daniel

Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy > Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen > Thunder Road

Turkey Day

Sunset Rubdown: Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Cheated Hearts (acoustic)
Celebration: New Skin
Toots and the Maytals: Pain In My Belly

Requiem for a Tree

Brian Eno > Spirits Drifting
Philip Glass and Uakti > Metamorphosis
Four Tet > And They Look Broken Hearted
M83 > In Church (Cyann and Ben version)

rarestbowienineteen

Some very early tracks from ol' David Robert Jones (b. 8 Jan 1947), recorded between 1966-69. As is evinced early on, DB isn't exactly fitting comfortably into any particular style, but unlike more mature works, he's not finding one that pays off musically either. Dispirited by lack of early success following these and several other songs (including an album's worth, as you see above, in 1967), Bowie briefly considered either entering the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, a Buddhist monastery in Eskdalemuir, Scotland, or continuing his pantomime (!!!) training with Lindsay Kemp (also known as the pub landlord in the original The Wicker Man). Suffice to say, a mind was changed, Space Oddity hit the charts, and then eventually the inevitable collaboration with Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth.

David Bowie > The Gospel According to Tony Day
David Bowie > That's A Promise
David Bowie > The London Boys
David Bowie > Bars Of The County Jail
David Bowie > Take My Tip

Tribalistas

...And we're back. If La Biblioteca should be known for one attribute, it would probably be trying to make lusophones of you all. Por isso, just thought I'd share three tracks from Os Tribalistas, a Brazilian supergroup comprised of Marisa Monte, Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown. These come from their eponymous debut.

Um a Um
Velha Infancia
Já Sei Namorar

The Morning After The Night Before

My archiving service is experiencing some transitional pains so I can't post for the time being. Please stay tuned.

D